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NEW EXPERT VIEWPOINT: Why research analytics built on AI needs to show its working researchinformation.info/vie… Merely appearing useful – versus being reliable, credible or provable – are different things, writes Kate Byrne @digitalsci @DSDimensions @altmetric

New journal pairs academic research with community expertise researchinformation.info/new… Journal "challenges traditional assumptions about who creates knowledge and what constitutes evidence"

Clarivate names 22 Citation Laureates for 2026 researchinformation.info/new… Laureates have been recognised across four broad areas: physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry and economics @Clarivate

NEW ANALYSIS/OPINION: When you cite yourself, you might be doing your job right researchinformation.info/ana… Marvin Starominski-Uehara explores how termite behaviour challenges assumptions on self-citation and academic misconduct @templeunivjapan

Elsevier expands LeapSpace content and adds independent AI advisory board researchinformation.info/new… Company says platform now incorporates content from more than 1,500 scholarly publishers and societies @ElsevierConnect

Altmetric adds Cassyni research talks to attention tracking researchinformation.info/new… Papers referenced in a Cassyni talk will now display a seminar mention on their Altmetric badge @digitalsci @altmetric @cassyniapp

NEW ANALYSIS/OPINION: Securing the digital future of open social sciences and humanities research researchinformation.info/ana… Anna Hughes examines how OPERAS is building a sustainable future for Europe’s open research infrastructure @Jisc

China leads library AI adoption says Clarivate report researchinformation.info/new… "Pulse of the Library" found 28% of respondents in mainland China reported "moderate to active" implementation @clarivate

Scientific literacy must keep pace with artificial intelligence researchinformation.info/ana… AI is making science easier to access but harder to trust. Scientific literacy must catch up, writes Giulia Stefenelli @mdpiopenaccess #worldliteracyday

Gold open access delivers lasting impact advantage, Springer Nature states researchinformation.info/new… Advantages associated with gold OA "have remained consistent despite changes in the wider open access landscape" @SpringerNature

Springer Nature reports strong first-half growth lnkd.in/dmFAuqNn Growth across journals portfolio, continued expansion of transformative agreements and increasing use of AI @SpringerNature

New CEO for Digital Science researchinformation.info/new… Stephen Leicht appointed Chief Executive Officer; Daniel Hook joins Holtzbrinck Group as Chief Scientific Officer @digitalsci

We interviewed @amy_brand , director at @mitpress , to hear her reflections on risk-taking, leadership, innovation and human judgement. This was the second in our Women in Scholarly Communications series, supported by @Cactusglobal researchinformation.info/ana…

Bloomsbury to share in $1.5bn Anthropic AI copyright settlement researchinformation.info/new… According to the publisher, the court has identified 14,087 Bloomsbury titles as falling within the scope of the settlement

EXCLUSIVE: Why Annual Reviews bought Underline Science researchinformation.info/ana… Richard Gallagher and Jernej Masnec discuss AI, conferences and the future of scholarly communities worldwide following Annual Reviews’ acquisition of Underline Science @AnnualReviews @underlineio

NEW analysis/opinion: Nine ways a paper tells you it won’t reproduce – before anyone tries researchinformation.info/ana… The remedy to the reproducibility problem lies in the hands of those who steward the record, writes Mayank Vadaliya

NEW EXPERT VIEWPOINT: We have more tools than ever. So why are we still stuck? researchinformation.info/vie… The scholarly publishing sector needs interoperability, not more tools, argues ChronosHub’s Anthony Apodaca @Chronoshub

NEW EXPERT VIEWPOINT: Citation beyond the numbers researchinformation.info/vie… Bob Schijvenaars explains why understanding context is the next frontier in research integrity @digitalsci @DSDimensions

Guiding Cambridge through an AI revolution researchinformation.info/ana… In the first of our Women in Scholarly Communications series – sponsored by @Cactusglobal – we meet Mandy Hill, managing director at Cambridge University Press @CambridgeUP @Cambridge_Uni

Digital Science unveils AI-powered research strategy platform researchinformation.info/new… Platform "designed to help research institutions answer complex strategic questions" @digitalsci